Robert Walters (RWA) Competitors

SThree (LON:STEM) and Robert Walters (LON:RWA) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, valuation, profitability, community ranking, institutional ownership and dividends.

Does the media prefer STEM or RWA?

In the previous week, SThree's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Robert Walters'average media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
SThree	Neutral
Robert Walters	Neutral

Which has more risk & volatility, STEM or RWA?

SThree has a beta of 0.98, suggesting that its stock price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Robert Walters has a beta of 1.22, suggesting that its stock price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in STEM or RWA?

83.6% of SThree shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 75.5% of Robert Walters shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.2% of SThree shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 19.7% of Robert Walters shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts prefer STEM or RWA?

SThree currently has a consensus price target of GBX 485, indicating a potential upside of 30.20%. Given SThree's higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe SThree is more favorable than Robert Walters.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
SThree	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
Robert Walters	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Does the MarketBeat Community favor STEM or RWA?

Robert Walters received 430 more outperform votes than SThree when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 84.94% of users gave Robert Walters an outperform vote while only 84.38% of users gave SThree an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
SThree	Outperform Votes 27 84.38%	Underperform Votes 5 15.63%
Robert Walters	Outperform Votes 457 84.94%	Underperform Votes 81 15.06%

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, STEM or RWA?

SThree has higher revenue and earnings than Robert Walters. SThree is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Robert Walters, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
SThree	£1.60B	0.31	£56.48M	£0.42	886.90
Robert Walters	£975.10M	0.26	£5.70M	£0.08	4,312.50

Is STEM or RWA a better dividend stock?

SThree pays an annual dividend of GBX 17 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.6%. Robert Walters pays an annual dividend of GBX 24 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.0%. SThree pays out 4,047.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Robert Walters pays out 30,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Is STEM or RWA more profitable?

SThree has a net margin of 3.53% compared to Robert Walters' net margin of 0.58%. SThree's return on equity of 26.60% beat Robert Walters' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
SThree	3.53%	26.60%	10.67%
Robert Walters	0.58%	3.64%	2.39%

Summary

SThree beats Robert Walters on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.